The Tenant of Room 404

Story premise

An old apartment renting for less than half the market rate becomes photographer Xu Yuan's temporary home. But for three nights in a row, a child's voice messages pleading for help from “404” shatter the predawn silence. Management points to a floor directory that skips from 3 to 5, insisting there is no fourth floor. As Xu Yuan, you will follow strange elevator noises, a doorway reflected in a mirror, and old leases to investigate a room that does not exist. Who can you trust: the overly helpful management, the sleepless neighbor in 503, or the child behind the door who calls themselves Xiao He? When you try to show the clues to the outside world, familiar room numbers and corridors begin to change.

Content overview

The Tenant of Room 404 is a portrait-format urban horror interactive film game. Narrow corridors, mismatched floor numbers, repeated recordings, and strange sights in mirrors turn an old apartment building into a puzzle where even your bearings are uncertain. Fear hides in subtle changes: a door you just passed may have a different number the next time you look back. You will decide whether to answer the pleas for help, take the stairs or the elevator, request records from management or hear the neighbor's testimony, and verify clues through photographs, leases, and audio recordings. Making evidence public will change the apartment building's layout; trust between characters, fear, accumulated evidence, and online attention will also affect what happens next. Finding an anomaly is only the beginning. Judging what a piece of material can actually prove matters just as much to your choices. The investigation draws ever closer to a fire ten years ago. When a fifteen-minute reenactment begins, you must weigh rescue, exposure, and escape, deciding whom to escort to safety, what to make public, and whether to open the real door to Room 404. Different actions and preparations will lead to different endings. Recommended for players aged 18 and over. Contains confined spaces, a child's pleas for help, and scenes involving memories of a fire.

Recommended for players aged 18 and over

Contains confined spaces, repeating floors, and scenes of being trapped

Contains a trapped child and voice messages pleading for help

Contains memories of a fire, alarms, and a disaster reenactment

Contains sudden sound effects and lighting changes

Suggested age: Restricted · 18+